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*November 29, 1992

*November 29, 1992

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

WILL: The love of God surrounds us. The love of God enfolds us. The love of God supports us. Wherever we gather, He is.

WILL: The [[love]] of [[God]] [[surrounds]] us. The love of God enfolds us. The love of God [[supports]] us. Wherever we gather, He is.

Greetings. I am your teacher and your guide, Will, whose privilege it is to serve with you.

Greetings. I am your [[teacher]] and your guide, Will, whose [[privilege]] it is to serve with you.

You may be [[certain]] that the [[fact]] that the [[Creator Son]]'s [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal life]] took place on [[this planet]] guarantees that there was no rougher [[example]], no more [[spiritually]] bereft or [[morally]] adrift [[planet]] than this. It has its compensations, however. From the view of an [[eternal]] [[this planet]] presents the greatest range of [[opportunity]] known within this [[local universe]]. There is more [[barbarity]], more inhumanity, more desperate [[poverty]] on [[this planet]] than on any others in [[this universe]] excepting [[Isolated worlds|those that are equally as bad]]. We call this an [[opportunity]].

You may be certain that the fact that the Creator Son's bestowal life took place on this planet guarantees that there was no rougher example, no more spiritually bereft or morally adrift planet than this. It has its compensations, however. From the view of an eternal this planet presents the greatest range of opportunity known within this local universe. There is more barbarity, more inhumanity, more desperate poverty on this planet than on any others in this universe excepting those that are equally as bad. We call this an opportunity.

It is difficult for you in your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North American] [[society]] to [[imagine]] the circumstances of those living on the [[perimeters]] of [[your planet]], those people whose very [[existence]] is peripheral, those people who are counted by no [[census]], whose [[families]] and [[names]] will never be known outside their own [[kinship]] [[groups]], who may [[survive]] and may not. In your television sets and [[radio]] broadcasts and your [[printed]] material [[distribution]] networks you may be often confronted with depictions of the [[poverty]] and desperation of certain parts of your planet, yet I will say that there is no desperation equal to those who are the castaways of your own society.

It is difficult for you in your North American society to imagine the circumstances of those living on the perimeters of your planet, those people whose very existence is peripheral, those people who are counted by no census, whose families and names will never be known outside their own kinship groups, who may survive and may not. In your television sets and radio broadcasts and your printed material distribution networks you may be often confronted with depictions of the poverty and desperation of certain parts of your planet, yet I will say that there is no desperation equal to those who are the castaways of your own society.

The people whom you propose to serve through your [[plans]] this evening [editor's note: the group planned to [[feed]] the [[homeless]] the next night] are the rejects of your own [[society]]. They know that they are not wanted. They know that there is [[Utopia|no place]] for them. They know that the curtain has come down for them in a way that is [[different]] both in [[degree]] and in [[nature]] from the ordinary [[tragic]] desperation of [[poverty]]. The people you propose to serve know that they will not ever [[receive]] the [[degree]] of [[attention]] that your own cats and dogs receive as a matter of course. It is [[difficult]] for them under these circumstance to [[maintain]] any desire for further [[connection]] with the [[human race]]. Their [[circumstances]] compel them to live in their own [[separate]] [[society]] surrounded by [[wealth]] and opulence with full [[knowledge]] that they will never [[participate]].

Therefore I direct you, should the occasion present itself, do not satisfy yourself with the [[thought]] of [[providing]] them a [[meal]], use the meal as a vehicle and attempt to [[establish]] a [[human]] [[connection]]. Offer them the [[opportunity]] of [[humanity]]. Let them know that they are not adrift and completely cut off and that they have a place in the [[human race]], straightened as it may be, then you will have [[performed]] the work of [[the kingdom]]. And I commend you. These are the people [[the Master]] referred to when he [[described]] the [[poor]] in [[spirit]]. It is not limited to someone having a bad day or someone who is ready for supper. You are referred to those like these who [[feel]] that they no longer belong to the [[brotherhood]] of man. Well, let's see what we can do about that. I will accompany you in your [[labors]]. Until our next meeting, [[shalom]].

 

Therefore I direct you, should the occasion present itself, do not satisfy yourself with the thought of providing them a meal, use the meal as a vehicle and attempt to establish a human connection. Offer them the opportunity of humanity. Let them know that they are not adrift and completely cut off and that they have a place in the human race, straightened as it may be, then you will have performed the work of the kingdom. And I commend you. These are the people the Master referred to when he described the poor in spirit. It is not limited to someone having a bad day or someone who is ready who is ready for supper. You are referred to those like these who feel that they no longer belong to the brotherhood of man. Well, let's see what we can do about that. I will accompany you in your labors. Until our next meeting, shalom.

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]